UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September14, 2012
LAPORTE BANCORP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Maryland | 333-182106 | Being applied for | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File No.) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 710 Indiana Avenue, LaPorte, Indiana | 46350 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (219) 362-7511
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 8.01 Other Events
LaPorte Bancorp, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Registrant”) is the proposed stock holding company for The LaPorte Savings Bank (the “Bank”) resulting from the “second-step” conversion of the Bank from the mutual holding company structure to the stock holding company structure (the “Conversion”). Upon consummation of the Conversion, the Registrant will own all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Bank’s common stock. As part of the Conversion, shares of the Registrant’s common stock will be issued and sold in an offering to certain depositors of the Bank and others and will also be issued in exchange for the currently issued and outstanding shares of LaPorte Bancorp, Inc., a federal corporation (the current mid-tier holding company for the Bank, “LaPorte-Federal”) held by persons other than LaPorte Savings Bank, MHC. The Registrant filed a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No.333-182106) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), which was declared effective by the SEC on August 10, 2012.
A copy of LaPorte-Federal’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2012, filed with the SEC on August 14, 2012, is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. The information included in Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated into this report is for LaPorte-Federal. Separate financial statements for the Registrant have not been included in this report because the Registrant has not issued any shares and has engaged only in organizational activities to date, and has no significant assets, contingent or other liabilities, revenues or expenses.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
| (d) | Exhibits. |
| Exhibit No. | Exhibit | |
| 99.1 | Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2012, of LaPorte Bancorp, Inc., a federal corporation (Incorporated by reference to the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2012, of LaPorte Bancorp, Inc. (File No. 001-33733) filed with the SEC on August 14, 2012). |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
LAPORTE BANCORP, INC. | ||
| DATE: September 14, 2012 | By: | /s/ Michele M. Thompson |
| Michele M. Thompson | ||
| President and Chief Financial Officer |